Quoted from jayhawkai:It might be fatigue from all the "great" theme ideas we've had recently. For example, someone seriously thought the 3 Stooges would make a great theme. Easy Bake Oven LE is looking pretty good by comparison.
I think the Stooges would be a great theme.
IMO, the problem isn't coming up with something that a few people go bonkers over. It's having something that almost everybody knows a little about. That gets people interested. The game has to do the rest.
I guess I'm one of those that doesn't understand why a machine has to relate to a current media event. You could build a great game with excellent everything that has tie ins to a character or movie. The movie comes out and stinks, game bombs, nobody wants to play six months later. Same thing is going in with the casino games. Lots of slots getting retro themes. People can relate. Sure many are older but they have the money.